Starting out as a wrestler, Plato strove to compete in the Olympics. Always inadequate, he left his Olympic dream behind. After the attempted fight he wanted to become a tragic poet. Failing to impress the judges in any major competition, he changed course and headed to listen to one of Socrates' speeches. He therefore decided to follow in the same footsteps as Socrates. Becoming one of Socrates' students, Plato wrote down Socrates' works and began to develop his own ideas along the way. He also founded the first university called the Academy. Plato's philosophy is based on the idea that everything is a copy of that ideal form. He believes that no one knows what something real is like. (Strathern) Plato also believes that there are three main parts of the soul. Depending on which part of the soul is larger in a person, he can be a leader, a warrior or a servant. (Kerns) Plato believes that the good life is the perfection of the imperfect images of the Earth and the distinction between the different parts of the soul. Plato believes that there is an ideal image for everything and its reality is just an image...